The Queen of the Changelings laughed as she approached the six mares in front of her. "It's funny, really. Twilight here was suspicious of my behavior all along," she gloated as she held the violet unicorn's chin, who quickly smacked it away. "Too bad the rest of you were too caught up in your wedding planning to realize those suspicions were correct!" She laughed again, approaching the captive forms of Cadence, Celestia, and the still hypnotized Shining Armor.

"Sorry, Twi. We should've listened to you," Applejack apologized.

"It's not your fault. She fooled everypony."

"Hmm, I did, didn't I?" Chrysalis gloated as she approached the nearby window.

This day has been just perfect
The kind of day of which I've dreamed since I was small
Everypony I'll soon control
Every stallion, mare, and foal
Who says a girl can't really have it-?

Suddenly an explosion rang out nearby, close enough and large enough to rock the palace, sending everypony to the floor.

Chrysalis stood up and looked over the edge. "What are you doing, fools?! Watch where you're-!"

She stopped as she saw some sort of bipedal creature, a pale pink color, strike one of her children. A moment later there was some sort of explosion and it… disappeared. She could see it break apart into individual pieces before it vanished. The other changelings grew wary and backed away from it, even as it retreated into some kind of mange-stricken monkey in a suit.

The Changeling Queen was instantly filled with rage. "How dare that… thing attack my children! Prepare for your end, you hairless ape!" she shouted as she jumped out the window and dived down.

The ponies stood still for a moment before Twilight rushed over to free her old foal-sitter.

Celestia, on the other hoof, was still shocked from what she heard uttered from the Queen's mouth.

'Hairless ape?' Did she really say that? Could it be another one has arrived? But is it friend or foe?

The insect-like equines finally began to step away from me, some of them trying to hide their fear behind anger, but most looking utterly terrified. The other less demonic looking equines seemed equally scared.

"It seems you're finally learning," I said as I stepped towards them, causing them to shuffle back in terror. "If you leave now, I'll kindly forget this ever happened. Or, if you insist, I can-"

I stopped when I noticed a green light coming from above me, growing brighter by the second. I used the enhanced strength from my Stand to launch myself to the side, managing to jump several yards before landing, as a large object cloaked in green fire rammed into the ground and made a crater.

"YOU!" something shouted as it exited the crater. It was another one of those insect-like equines, although much larger with a messy green hair and tail. It's voice was somewhat distorted, yet still was noticeably feminine. "HOW DARE YOU KILL MY CHILDREN, YOU MONSTER!"

"'Monster?' Somewhat ironic, in my own opinion. I'm to assume you are the one in charge of these creatures?"

"I AM CHRYSALIS, QUEEN OF THE CHANGELINGS! AND I DEMAND YOUR RESPECT!"

"'Queen', you say? How appropriate." I summoned my power and had it stand next to me, causing her to lower herself to to the ground and hiss, ready to pounce. "This is my Stand, Killer Queen. And it seems soon it will become a queen killer."

Surprisingly she stepped back, her eyes widening in shock.

"D-Did you say 'S-Stand?' That's a Stand? Th-They're real?"

I was surprised to hear that. Perhaps this Chrysalis could be useful to me. I walked forwards, making sure to keep Killer Queen in front of me.

"So you know what a Stand is? How interesting," I began as she hesitantly stepped back. "If you tell me everything you know, I might be willing to overlook you attacking me. Otherwise," I stopped before having my Stand take an offensive stance. "I'll erase you."

That seemed to set off a spark in her, her fear receding and being replaced by anger. "You'll erase me? I'd like to see you try!" she shouted before charging forwards with her jagged horn.

I simply grunted and handed my Stand a quarter. I had Killer Queen dodge her horn before stabbing her in the chest, implanting the coin inside her. She gasped in pain before using her wings to propel herself away, shocked that I'd managed to hurt her and holding her wound as bright green blood dripped from it.

"Y-You dare?" she stuttered. Her horn began to glow green and her wound began to close itself rapidly. Within moments it was closed, though it was somewhat discolored compared to the rest of her chitin.

"Unexpected. However, ultimately a wasted effort," I said cooly and had Killer Queen trigger its primary bomb.

Her chest exploded, a cavity the size of a basketball opening. Despite the force of the blast she managed not to fall over, standing and looking completely shocked at the sudden missing part of her body. Blood spurted from her wound and she coughed up more, a look of terror mixed with indignation on her face.

"Hm. I expected you to be erased completely. Do you have some resistance? Even still, I suppose the end result is the same."

She finally collapsed to the ground, tears of pain flowing from her eyes as they began to turn lifeless.

"YOUR MAJESTY!"

"MY QUEEN, HOLD ON!"

Many of the bug equines, 'changelings' she had called them, swarmed her and began to pour in some green ethereal power from their horns. The hole in her chest rapidly closed and filled. Within moments she gasped as life returned to her eyes, and her 'subjects' collapsed from exhaustion, barely able to keep their eyes open as they panted.

I groaned a bit. "I thought I could just deal with you. Looks like I'll have to erase all of them."

As she stood she looked to those who had saved her in worry before turning to me and growling.

"You... You're far more dangerous than I expected. It was my mistake to underestimate you." An enormous amount of power gathered at her horn, shining with a sickly green light. "BEHOLD! THIS THE SAME BLAST THAT DEFEATED PRINCESS CELESTIA! TURN TO NOTHING, MAGGOT!"

I wasn't sure what she was talking about, but it sounded like a powerful attack. It seemed I'd have to take further measures as well. She shouted as she fired a powerful beam of energy at me. I barely had time to raise Killer Queen's left hand and fire the attack before using its strength to dodge to the side. The attacks colliding caused an explosion of green light as I was forced backwards, bouncing along the ground as I shielded my body with my arms. Thankfully I didn't crash into anything, but I was still upset.

I can't believe she managed to knock me over. I hope my suit isn't too ruined. I stepped up, hearing her laugh as the smoke began to clear. Oh well. I'll at least enjoy watching her struggle.

The smoke completely cleared and she immediately stopped laughing, looking at me in shock.

"What!? B-But how!? I'm sure I-!"

"Struck something? You did, just not me," I explained, using Killer Queen to grab a nearby chair for me to sit on while also arming it with my primary bomb, giving me a hidden weapon if I needed one. "I may not be erasing you, but you will still die."

Her anger flared again. "You still mock me, you-!"

"OVER HERE!"

An object roughly the size of my hand leaped out of some debris at the Queen, heading towards her face. Despite her surprise she managed to react quickly enough to flare some sort of green fire around her. The object exploded and sent her tumbling along the ground. She rose seeming to only have taken some burn wounds to the face and groaned as she tried to get her bearings.

"THAT WASN'T AN ENEMY!" the object shouted, catching her attention.

She looked on in confusion at the small spherical object with tank treads and the skull of a cat in front of it.

"W-What? What is this monstrosity!?"

"Killer Queen's automated bomb, Sheer Heart Attack," I answered as I crossed my legs and leaned back into the somewhat small chair. "You have no escape now."

Sheer Heart Attack sped forwards at the changeling monarch, its pace no faster than a brisk walk, but no less intimidating.

"You would place your bets on this toy? I may not have fought a Stand-user before, but I know if I damage it I damage you!" she shouted while gathering power in her horn and blasting the remote bomb with a force powerful enough to send it flying through a wall. She looked to me with a smirk on her face only for her smile to falter as she noticed I was completely unharmed.

"Hm. It seems you're not completely uninformed. However, my Sheer Heart Attack-"

"OVER HERE!" shouted the automated bomb as it launched itself at her head again.

"-is indestructible."

She gathered more power into her horn, attempting to retaliate, only for a bright flash of pink to come from above us. I looked up in time to see a large pink bubble rapidly expand, forcing Chrysalis and the other changelings to go flying out of the city. I shielded myself with my arms, expecting something to happen to me as well, but thankfully the energy just passed by.

With no threats present I recalled Sheer Heart Attack to my left hand and disarmed by primary bomb on the chair. The equine creatures looked shocked at what had happened, and then fearful when they noticed I was still present.

What action should I take? Normally I would try to do things on my own, but perhaps it would be best to gather information first.

I approached one of them, one with a horn on its head, and it scurried away from me only to stop when it backed into a wall. I stopped about three yards away.

"Pardon me, but I'm somewhat lost. Could you perhaps tell me what you are and where I am?"

"Shining Armor! Cadance! You did it!" Twilight shouted, approaching her brother and his bride-to-be.

The unicorn panted, but smiled all the same. "Yeah. Thank Cele-" He cut himself off before worry came across his face and he turned. "Celestia!"

The group of ponies and one dragon approached the injured but now freed ruler, who slowly rose from the floor.

"Aunt Celestia! Are you ok!?" Cadence asked.

"Thank you for your concern, my little ponies. I'll be fine. But now is not the time to simply talk. Twilight, I need you and your friends to head outside and find someone. They will be dressed almost completely in clothes and will have two arms, two legs, and look similar to a primate. Do not let them leave, but do not get too close to them. They may be dangerous."

Twilight stopped for a moment to process what she was saying before responding. "You mean the thing that Chrysalis left to fight?"

"Yes. I will join you as soon as I can, I just need a moment to recover."

"Ok, Princess! We won't let you down! Girls, Spike, come on!" she shouted as she and her six other friends followed her out the door.

The solar diarch then turned to her captain. "Shining Armor, I know this was supposed to be your special day, and I know you have already suffered, but I must ask for your service as the Captain of the Royal Guard once more. Gather your forces and follow your sister. Do not attack whatever you may find unless you are attacked first."

Shining Armor looked shocked but recovered. "Princess Celestia, what's going on?"

She sighed as she closed her eyes. "If I'm right, another Stand-user has come to Equestria."

Author's Note

So yeah, some of you might be asking "shinigamisparda, what are you doing starting another fanfic? And another LOHAV/H one at that?" Well, I had an idea I just wanted to get it down before someone else took it.

I'm going to say this right now, this fanfic is not going to update frequently, at least not for a while. I intend to finish a few other fics, including some ones not posted here on the site, and getting my bigger projects more attention. Honestly I'm wondering if I should designate this one on hiatus immediately. Either way, I hope you guys can get some enjoyment out of this, as it's kind of an experiment of mine with something of darker tone.

Catch you all later!